(Page 488) 



in middle-line j legs slender; hind tarsi almost a6 long as the tibiae. 



L. 4.5-5 mm. 



In the C the abdominal fifth ventral joint slightly impressed and 



the sides of impression with long yellow hair; both the fifth and sixth 



ventral Joints are slightly emarginated at tip. 



On sandy brims of water-courses and on damp, sandy and clayey slopes, 



most often near the ocean; distributed like the preceding species, but 



in our country rarer and more local (I^nstrup, Blokhus, Frederikshavn, 



Aarhus, Odense, Lellinge, Neks/ and Ro). It is found in southern Sweden 



(Thorns.). 



4. St. bimaculatus (Jyllh. 



Oyllh. Ins. Suec. II, 466; Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 532; Gen. Spec. 

 Staph. 692; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 746; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 212; Rey 

 Bre'vip. 1884, 4S; 3anglb. Kaf. H. II, 560). 



One of our largest and most structurally robust species, at least 

 as large as Juno ; recognized by the yellow spot on elytra, color of legs 

 and carinated abdominal joints. 



Black, feebly glistening, with extremely fine, short hair; elytra 

 with a small, round, reddish -ye How spot on middle; antennae most often 

 brownish at middle; maxillary palpi yellow, their third joint with brown- 

 ish tip; legs yellowish-red, femoral outer part, base and tip of tibiae, 

 also the tarsi pitchy-brownish. 



The head is almost as broad as elytra, with rather coarse, dense 

 punctation, forehead slightly impressed, with two rather deep grooves, 

 separated by a convex interval; antennae fine; pronotum much narrower 



-21- 



